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Ray Lane Leaves Fisker Board as Bidders Circle AutomakerVenture capitalist Ray Lane resigned from "green" car startup Fisker Automotive's board of directors late last week, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday.
- Ling Joins Khosla Ventures
Benjamin Ling is joining Khosla Ventures. Ling is a former Google, Facebook and YouTube executive. Most recently Ling was chief operating officer at Badoo.
- Spark Capital Leads Series A for Jelly Industries
Jelly Industries, a startup from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, has closed a Series A round led by Spark Capital. SV Angel also invested, according to an announcement on Jelly's site http://jellyhq.com/ Other investors in the company include Jack Dorsey, Square's co-founder and CEO; Bono; Reid Hoffman of Greylock Discovery Fund and Al Gore. Stone is co-founder and CEO of Jelly, which is based in San Francisco.
10 Hot Stories this Week: Kleiner Attempts Combeback, I-Banks Slowly Add Staff, Carlyle and Goldman Are HiringTrending on peHUB this week: Carlyle, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, TPG, Advent Software, Google Ventures, CrunchFund, GRP, Velos Partners, corporate VC, Bain, BMC, Antero Resources, Warburg.
Reinventing Kleiner PerkinsThis week, two widely read pieces have been published about the trials and tribulations of Kleiner Perkins -- and how it plans to regain its spot at the top of the venture capital universe. But neither addresses the biggest issue confronting the 41-year-old firm.
Fundraising Report: March Activity Led by Third Rock, Crosslink, Social+CapitalA trio of VCs are googly-eyed for Google Glass; Foundation raises seventh fund
Venture Capital’s Powerful PairsWe mixed and matched, sliced and diced, and came up with what we hope is a comprehensive guide to some of the venture industry’s most successful co-investors. Criteria considered in making the list include number of joint portfolio companies, length of time working as co-investors, and successful exits together.
- Workspot Raises $1.9M From Kleiner, Norwest, Redpoint, Others
Workspot said it raised $1.9 million of seed funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and angel investors, including Peter Wagner and Gaurav Garg. The company also launched a bring-your-own-mobile-device service for IT administrators, Workspot Control, and a mobile application for IPads, called Workspot.
- Reuters - Nest Enlists US Utilities to Power Drive into Homes
Tony Fadell, the designer known as the godfather of Apple Inc's iPod, is enlisting several of the country's largest power utilities to get his power-saving creation, the Nest thermostat, into more U.S. households, writes Reuters. Nest Labs, the company he co-founded in 2010 with designers and engineers from Silicon Valley firms like Apple and Google Inc, is teaming up with six utilities to provide incentives for using its thermostats.
- Ionic Security Raises $9.4M From Kleiner, TechOperators, Others
Ionic Security Inc. said it raised a $9.4 million Series A investment in a deal led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, joined by TechOperators and including existing investors such as Ken Levine and Paul Judge. The company said that Kleiner Perkins General Partner Ted Schlein and TechOperators Partner Tom Noonan will join the board.